Answer: The war—in which U.S. forces were consistently victorious—resulted in the United States' acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
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The ascendancy of James Dean, Elvis Presley and Allen Ginsberg represented the reaction against the coformity of the 1950s. The 1950s has been viewed as a decade of consenus. Dean's REbel Without a Cause, Elvis Presley's promotion of Rock and Roll and Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" suggested a society that was experimental and embraced change.
The US had to draft soldiers to fight in the war and it had to train them to do so effectively.Businesses and citizens were strongly urged to support the war through government and media communications.
Women created a list of resolutions. The Convention was in 1848, and the 19th amendment (and right to vote) didn’t happen until 1920.